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Connecting the Rainbow

"Y'all - don't miss it. Don't get so caught up in what your sweet baby is doing or not doing. Don't obsess about this step or the next step or the one after that or what is going to happen twenty years down the line. Because one day you'll look at baby pictures and think about how adorable that baby was and how all you can remember is therapy and you can't even remember what her hair smelled like.So, ENJOY your baby. It doesn't matter when they walk or crawl or talk. It matters that they are here and that you love them and that they know it.Just don't miss it."

Sunday, January 9, 2011

After a great deal of thought and wrestling with the decision in my head, I've decided it's time to retire Finnian's Journey. This has been kind of an emotional and agonizing decision - this blog embodies so much for me: everything that my life has become with the addition of Finn to our family two and a half years ago. However, at this point Finn is just one of our kids, and Down syndrome isn't the focal point for me that it once was.

I am going to leave Finnian's Journey up, and hopefully new parents of babies with Down syndrome will stumble across it and read parts of it and see that this journey is an incredibly enriching one.

I've started a new blog where I will continue to write about all the things that spill forth from my mind - including, but not limited to, Finn and Down syndrome.

I am so very grateful for all the support I've gotten by way of this blog, all the incredible parents and chromosomally enhanced children I've gotten to know, and all the friendships I've gained. Thank you, everyone, from my heart of hearts.

Friday, January 7, 2011

A lot of talk has been made about not tolerating the use of "retard" and "retarded" as derogatory slang. It's easy - or at least easyish - to confront someone on their use of the R-word(s) when it's a peer, someone subordinate in some way (as an adult to a child), or a stranger. But how should the situation be properly and constructively dealt with when the offender is a superior, or someone in an authority position (as a boss, for instance)?

I'm very curious what you, my Ds blogging friends, have to say about this.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

I can sum up what Finn is up to these days in one word: TROUBLE. In a nutshell, he's into everything. And he's a very determined little guy. And I'm pretty sure he's snickering at me behind my back as he puts me through the paces.

He's figured out how to climb up on his toy chest and . . . redecorate.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

See, here's what happened: I put Finn in the tub and got Daddy's electric trimmer out to give Finn a trim, as usual. I'm running the trimmer up and down the back of his head and notice that he's getting bald spots. The blade guard that controls how close it trims had come off the blade and I didn't notice! So he's got all these glaring bald spots and the only thing I could do at that point was . . . well, give him a Mohawk!

Daddy and all Finn's brothers and sisters are horrified. I'm actually partial to boys with Mohawks (call me strange), but this was not what I intended. No, really!

About This Blog

On July 7, 2008 our sixth child, Finnian, was born at home into loving hands. Shortly after he was born, we learned that he has Down syndrome. This is the ongoing story of how our family is being transformed by this little boy.

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About Me

Hi! I'm Lisa, a 40-something Wonder Mom to six kiddos: Kevin (14), Joey (9), twins, Annabelle and Daisy (6), Lilah (4) and Finnian (3). Oh, and my husband is the multi-talented Michael. He tries to keep me in check, but I just keep on writing.